laam4 sik1藍色蓝色
Jyutpinglaam4 sik1
Yalelàahm sīk
Definition
Blue; the color of a clear sky and one of the primary colors.
neutralcolours
How it's used
Colours in Cantonese often require the suffix 嘅 when used as adjectives to describe objects. While 藍色 is the standard term, speakers sometimes shorten it to just 藍 when the context is clear, such as in 藍衫 or 藍色嘅衫.
Examples
He is wearing a blue shirt today, he looks very sharp.
Do you like blue or red more?
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Grammar guides
- In 30 secondsThe whole language at a glance. No tenses, no plurals, six tones, sentence particles. Read this before you dive into any specific topic.
- ParticlesSentence particles add tone, emotion, and nuance. Learn the most common particles in Cantonese and how to use them.
- Possession (嘅)How to say my, your, and his, and how to link a describing word to a noun, all with the little word 嘅 (ge3).
